Religious Diversity Around the World
Singapore is the most religiously diverse country, and Yemen the least, as of 2020. The U.S. ranks first among nations with large populations.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Singapore is the most religiously diverse country, and Yemen the least, as of 2020. The U.S. ranks first among nations with large populations.
As of 2020, Muslims made up a majority of Nigeria’s total population (56.1%), while Christians made up 43.4%.
Half of the world’s population lives in just seven countries. But some of the world’s religious groups are even more concentrated than that.
Around half of Muslim adults (53%) identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, while 42% identity with or lean toward the Republican Party.
Indians and Pakistanis tend to name the other country as their top threat, and each side doubts the other’s commitment to good relations.
The number of countries with high or very high social hostilities rose for the third year in a row; government interference in worship also increased.
Muslims are the world’s fastest-growing and second-largest religious group. In the Middle East-North Africa region, they make up 94% of the population.
U.S. Muslims tend to be younger and more highly educated than other Americans. But they’re similar to Christians on many religiousness measures.
From 2010 to 2020, the number of Muslims increased by 347 million people to 2.0 billion people.
We asked adults in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka how they view other South Asian countries. Only Sri Lanka receives more positive than negative ratings from the other three publics.
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